Healthy Together: Celebrating & Practicing Whole-Family Health
Use these whole-family activity pages to explore new ways to build healthy habits and take care of yourselves… as a family.
Building healthy habits is a whole-family activity, and the loving relationship you and your child share is such an important factor in their physical and emotional well-being. Print and use the pages in this book to explore new ways to build healthy habits and take care of yourselves… as a family.
Together, try the activities on each page. They’re all child-friendly, of course, and you’ll find that all the strategies work for grown-ups, too! As you go through the pages, you’ll notice that the ideas and activities can inspire your family to do four important things:
- Choose new healthy habits (for instance, choose from a variety of healthy foods).
- “Do and try” new habits (for instance, try a new healthy food).
- Celebrate the choices and efforts you made—no matter how small!—so children feel proud of themselves and the whole family feels good about them (for instance, enjoy the healthy meal you made together).
- Reflect on your choices so you can keep being aware as you make more choices in the future (for instance, talk about another way you’d like to enjoy a similar meal).
Sleepy Stars
Use this printable to try out some new wind-down strategies for bedtime.
Healthy Family Cheer
Three cheers for healthy habits! Celebrate your family’s efforts... big and small.
Our Family Pizza
Help Rosita’s family practice making healthy choices by picking out pizza toppings.
Many Ways to Be Healthy
Wellness looks different for every family. Read this article and consider what healthy means to you.
Let’s Eat Together
Watch this video with children to celebrate the joy of eating together and trying new things!
Small Steps, Healthy Wins
A course for clinicians that offers evidence- and strengths-based guidance to aid in your work supporting families in building healthy habits that last a lifetime.
Rethinking Rest
Rest is about more than what happens when we close our eyes at night. Read and learn about the many kinds of rest.
